G-P's Walters Receives Women's Foodservice Forum Leadership Award

Women's Foodservice Forum (WFF), Orlando, Fla., USA, presented Georgia-Pacific EVP of Consumer Products Kathy Walters with its 2013 Leadership Award at the group's annual meeting this past week. As a senior executive leading the G-P Consumer Products Group, Walters oversees the largest retail and commercial tissue and tabletop businesses in North America spanning more than 70 locations and 13,000 employees.

Walters advances the culture of her organization through the company's Market Based Management Guiding Principles, appreciating the value of diversity and encouraging and practicing teamwork. She is actively involved in succession planning across each of the businesses under her leadership and ensures women and minorities are provided opportunities across Georgia-Pacific.

Each year the WFF Leadership Award is given to a female executive in the foodservice industry who shows exceptional leadership qualities within her company and the industry at large and whose professional growth and achievements are recognized through career advancement.

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